Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/a>, 54, has had a storied career playing Logan\/Wolverine on the big screen. The Australian actor was 32 years old when he made his debut as the iconic Marvel comic book character in the first\u00a0X-Men<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>film that came out in 2000. He \u00a0dedicated himself to the role for eight more movies and even turned down replacing\u00a0Pierce Brosnan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as James Bond. That role went to Daniel Craig<\/strong><\/a>. “I was about to shoot X-Men 2\u00a0<\/em>and Wolverine had become this thing in my life and I didn’t want to be doing two such iconic characters at once,” Hugh said<\/a> in 2011.<\/p>\n After 17 years, Hugh said goodbye to Wolverine in 2017’s\u00a0Logan\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 or so we thought! It was recently announced<\/a> that Hugh will play Wolverine again in Deadpool 3<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>alongside\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a><\/strong>, and fans are so excited. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and relive all the times Hugh’s played Wolverine on the big screen, before we get into all the details about his highly-anticipated return!<\/p>\n Hugh has played Logan\/Wolverine in nine movies across 17 years, not including his upcoming return in\u00a0Deadpool 3<\/em>. He had starring roles in seven of those films and made cameo appearances in the other two. Here’s all the movies that have featured Hugh as Wolverine!<\/p>\n Hugh’s debut as Wolverine was in\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>in 2000. The movie introduced Wolverine joining the X-Men to protect Rogue from the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Magneto.\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>starred Patrick Stewart<\/strong><\/a> as Professor X, Ian McKellen<\/strong><\/a> as Magneto, Halle Berry<\/strong><\/a> as Storm, James Marsden<\/strong><\/a> as Cyclops, Famke Janssen<\/strong> <\/a>as Jean Grey, Rebecca Romijn<\/strong><\/a> as Mystique, Anna Paquin<\/strong><\/a> as Rogue, and Shawn Ashmore<\/strong><\/a> as Iceman. The film grossed over $296.3 million at the worldwide box office.<\/p>\n Hugh returned for the\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>sequel,\u00a0X2: X-Men United<\/em>, which came out in 2003. In the movie, the X-Men and Magneto team up against Colonel William Stryker, who wants to kill all mutants and has a history with Wolverine. The film introduced Brian Cox<\/strong><\/a> as Stryker and Alan Cumming<\/strong><\/a> as Nightcrawler.\u00a0X2\u00a0<\/em>grossed $407 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Hugh played Wolverine for the third time in 2006’s\u00a0X-Men: The Last Stand<\/em>, the final installment in the original\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>trilogy. The film explores Jean Grey’s resurrection into the Phoenix, as the government creates a “cure” for mutants. Newcomers include\u00a0Kelsey Grammer <\/strong><\/a>as Beast and Elliot Page<\/strong><\/a> as Kitty Pryde.\u00a0X-Men: The Last Stand\u00a0<\/em>grossed $459 million worldwide but received negative reviews.<\/p>\n Hugh finally got his own movie as the mutant character in 2009’s\u00a0X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/em>, which kicked off the\u00a0Wolverine\u00a0<\/em>trilogy. The film explores Logan’s childhood and his relationships with William Stryker and his half-brother Victor Creed. Troye Sivan<\/strong><\/a> plays young Logan, Danny Hurston<\/strong> plays Stryker, Liev Schreiber<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>plays Victor, and Ryan Reynolds makes his debut as Wade Wilson\/Deadpool.\u00a0X-Men Origins: Wolverine\u00a0<\/em>grossed $373 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Hugh made a cameo appearance in\u00a0X-Men: First Class<\/em>, which came out in 2011, and takes place before Charles Xavier officially forms the X-Men. Wolverine declines an invitation to join the team as he’s sitting at a bar drinking beer. That’s his only appearance in the film. X-Men: First Class\u00a0<\/em>grossed $353.6 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Hugh returned for\u00a0The Wolverine<\/em> in 2013, which takes places after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand<\/em>. Wolverine travels to Japan and battles the Silver Samurai. At the end of the film, Wolverine is approached by Professor X and Magneto who ask for his help against the Sentinels.\u00a0The Wolverine\u00a0<\/em>starred Hiroyuki Sanada<\/strong> as Shingen, Tao Okamoto<\/strong> as Mariko, and Rila Fukushima<\/strong> as Yukio. The film grossed $414 million at the worldwide box office.<\/p>\n In 2014’s\u00a0X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/em><\/a>, Wolverine travels back in time from a dystopian future to 1973, where he tries to stop Mystique from killing Bolivar Task which caused the launch of the Sentinels. The film starred James McAvoy<\/strong><\/a> as Professor X, Michael Fassbender<\/strong><\/a> as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence<\/strong> <\/a>as Mystique, Nicholas Hoult<\/strong><\/a> as Beast, and Evan Peters<\/strong><\/a> as Quicksilver. Other original\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>cast members including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Halle Berry also return.\u00a0X-Men Days of Future Past\u00a0<\/em>grossed over $746 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Hugh had an uncredited cameo appearance in 2016’s\u00a0X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em><\/a>. Wolverine is seen escaping the compound where he was experiment on, and it’s revealed that a young Jean Grey actually helped him escape. The film features ancient mutant Apocalypse who fights the X-Men as he tries to destroy modern civilization. It grossed $543.9 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Hugh’s supposed swan song as Wolverine was in\u00a0Logan\u00a0<\/em>which came out in 2017. It followed an aged Wolverine on his final adventure. SPOILER ALERT<\/strong>: Wolverine dies at the end of the movie, signaling the official end of Hugh’s run as the superhero on the big screen.\u00a0Logan\u00a0<\/em>also starred Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Dafne Keen<\/strong> as Laura\/X-23, Boyd Holbrook<\/strong> as Pierce, and Stephen Merchant<\/strong> as Caliban. The movie grossed $619.2 million worldwide and received critical acclaim, becoming the best-reviewed film in the\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/em>franchise.<\/p>\n Fans were shocked when news broke on September 27 that Hugh Jackman was returning as Wolverine for\u00a0Deadpool 3<\/em>. The announcement came from Ryan Reynolds, who played Deadpool in\u00a0X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/em>, before he got his own two films that came out in 2016 and 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cHey everyone, we\u2019re extremely sad to have missed D23<\/a>, but we\u2019ve been working very hard on the next Deadpool<\/em> film for a good long while now,\u201d Ryan\u00a0said at the beginning of the social media video where he announced Hugh’s return. \u201cI\u2019ve had to really search my soul on this one. His first appearance in the MCU obviously needs to feel special. We need to stay true to the character, find new depth, motivation, meaning.\u201d\u00a0Then, Ryan revealed that the\u00a0Deadpool\u00a0<\/em>team decided to bring back Wolverine. \u201cHey, Hugh, you want to play Wolverine one more time?\u201d he asked as Hugh nonchalantly walked by behind him. \u201cYeah, sure, Ryan,\u201d Hugh replied.<\/p>\n Yeah, sure. pic.twitter.com\/LaSBjDeLjI<\/a><\/p>\n — Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"Hugh](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hugh-jackman-as-the-wolverine-ec-embed.jpg?resize=620%2C837\")
How Long Has Hugh Jackman Played Wolverine?<\/h2>\n
X-Men<\/em><\/h3>\n
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X2<\/em><\/h3>\n
X-Men: The Last Stand<\/em><\/h3>\n
X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/em><\/h3>\n
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X-Men: First Class<\/em><\/h3>\n
The Wolverine<\/em><\/h3>\n
X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/em><\/h3>\n
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X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em><\/h3>\n
Logan<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Hugh Jackman’s Return in ‘Deadpool 3’<\/h2>\n
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